matriculation, noun
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- EnglishShow more Transferred use of English matriculation formal admission into a university or college.
1. A school-leaving examination taken at the end of Standard Ten (the twelfth year of schooling) and used also as the criterion for university entrance; the studies undertaken in order to pass this examination; matric sense 1 a. Also attributive. See also JMB, post-matric noun.
[1916 Act 12 in Stat. of Union 198Such board (sc. the joint matriculation board) shall issue matriculation certificates to successful candidates..and may also grant certificates (called school-leaving certificates) and other certificates, to such candidates at the matriculation examination as have satisfied the examiners in such subjects as may be prescribed by the joint statutes.]
1972 S. Afr. Panorama Mar. 34An agricultural high school..which offers all the usual matriculation subjects plus many other things.
2. A pass in the matriculation examination; the school-leaving certificate so obtained; matric sense 2; Senior Certificate.
1980 J. Cock Maids & Madams 272Whereas 12 percent of the males attained Matriculation, only three percent of the females did.
3. combination
1980 C. Hope A Separate Development (1983) 55The idea of the matriculation dance following on the Saturday night clearly displeased him.
A school-leaving examination taken at the end of Standard Ten (the twelfth year of schooling) and used also as the criterion for university entrance; the studies undertaken in order to pass this examination; matric sense 1 a. Also attributive.
A pass in the matriculation examination; the school-leaving certificate so obtained; matric sense 2; Senior Certificate.